Method and system for in-vehicle image processing
First Claim
1. An image processing system comprising:
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a memory operatively coupled to the processor;
a first processing unit which recognizes a lane mark candidate on the basis of the luminance of each pixel in a road image captured by a vehicle-mounted imaging device;
a first evaluation unit which evaluates a first index which represents continuity of an edge of the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing unit;
a second evaluation unit which evaluates a second index which represents conformance between the width of the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing unit and a lane mark standard width;
a third evaluation unit which generates a luminance histogram of pixels contained in the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing unit and then evaluates a third index which represents a variation in the luminance space of the histogram; and
a second processing unit which recognizes a lane mark candidate most likely tobe a true lane mark as a lane mark on the basis of the first, second, and third indicesevaluated by the first, second, and third evaluation units, respectively,wherein the histogram is configured to determine at least one lane mark candidate in shaded regions.
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Abstract
An image processing system and the like capable of improving recognition accuracy of a lane mark are provided. According to the image processing system of the present invention, a first processing unit (110) recognizes a lane mark candidate on the basis of the luminance of each pixel in a road image. Moreover, there are evaluated a first index which represents continuity of an edge of the lane mark candidate, a second index which represents conformance between the width of the lane mark candidate and a lane mark standard width, and a third index which represents uniformity of the luminance of pixels contained in the lane mark candidate. According to the first, second, and third indices, a second processing unit (120) recognizes a lane mark candidate most likely to be a true lane mark as a lane mark.
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16 Claims
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1. An image processing system comprising:
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a processor; a memory operatively coupled to the processor; a first processing unit which recognizes a lane mark candidate on the basis of the luminance of each pixel in a road image captured by a vehicle-mounted imaging device; a first evaluation unit which evaluates a first index which represents continuity of an edge of the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing unit; a second evaluation unit which evaluates a second index which represents conformance between the width of the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing unit and a lane mark standard width; a third evaluation unit which generates a luminance histogram of pixels contained in the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing unit and then evaluates a third index which represents a variation in the luminance space of the histogram; and a second processing unit which recognizes a lane mark candidate most likely to be a true lane mark as a lane mark on the basis of the first, second, and third indices evaluated by the first, second, and third evaluation units, respectively, wherein the histogram is configured to determine at least one lane mark candidate in shaded regions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An image processing method comprising:
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a first processing step of recognizing a lane mark candidate on the basis of the luminance of each pixel in a road image captured by a vehicle-mounted imaging device; a first evaluation step of evaluating a first index which represents continuity of an edge of the lane mark candidate recognized in the first processing step; a second evaluation step of evaluating a second index which represents conformance between the width of the lane mark candidate recognized in the first processing step and a lane mark standard width; a third evaluation step of generating a luminance histogram of pixels contained in the lane mark candidate recognized in the first processing step and evaluating a third index which represents a variation in the luminance space of the histogram; and a second processing step of recognizing a lane mark candidate most likely to be a true lane mark as a lane mark on the basis of the first, second, and third indices evaluated by in the first, second, and third evaluation units steps, respectively, wherein the histogram is configured to determine at least one lane mark candidate in shaded regions.
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8. An image processing program embedded in a non-transitory machine-readable medium, the image processing program causing a computer to perform:
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a first processing function of recognizing a lane mark candidate on the basis of the luminance of each pixel in a road image captured by a vehicle-mounted imaging device; a first evaluation function of evaluating a first index which represents continuity of an edge of the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing function; a second evaluation function of evaluating a second index which represents conformance between the width of the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing function and a lane mark standard width; a third evaluation function of generating a luminance histogram of pixels contained in the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing function and evaluating a third index which represents a variation in the luminance space of the histogram; and a second processing function of recognizing a lane mark candidate most likely to be a true lane mark as a lane mark on the basis of the first, second, and third indices evaluated by the first, second, and third evaluation functions, respectively wherein the histogram is configured to determine at least one lane mark candidate in shaded regions. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A vehicle equipped with:
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an imaging device; an image processing system which performs image processing on the basis of a road image captured by the imaging device; and a vehicle running condition control system which controls a running condition of the vehicle on the basis of a result of the image processing performed by the image processing system, wherein the image processing system includes; a first processing unit which recognizes a lane mark candidate on the basis of the luminance of each pixel in the road image captured by the imaging device; a first evaluation unit which evaluates a first index which represents continuity of an edge of the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing unit; a second evaluation unit which evaluates a second index which represents conformance between the width of the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing unit and a lane mark standard width; a third evaluation unit which generates a luminance histogram of pixels contained in the lane mark candidate recognized by the first processing unit and then evaluates a third index which represents a variation in the luminance space of the histogram; and a second processing unit which recognizes a lane mark candidate most likely to be a true lane mark as a lane mark on the basis of the first, second, and third indices evaluated by the first, second, and third evaluation units, respectively, wherein the histogram is configured to determine at least one lane mark candidate in shaded regions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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